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define, explain, defend, and share with all men. The Catholic mind, which was
accustomed to think with the Church, seems to be disappearing. This is due to
the hidden, aggressive, polemical, centrifugal, revolutionary forces that are
misleading Christians to adhere, under the guise of being set free, to a liberalradical individualistic, rationalistic, hedonistic interpretation of the Gospel
message.
and adoration for the Mysterium Tremendum, for the majestic holiness of God
has disappeared. Christ is seen not so much as God but as just another great
man. But with the Father denied, and the Son as mere man, the virginity and
divine maternity as well as the Immaculate Conception of Mary are also
questioned. In an evanescing faith, even the Resurrection is no longer a real,
concrete, historical truth, nor will men rise from the dead. All Catholic doctrine
and morality is now up for re-examination, theological skepticism becomes the
rampant trend of the day; there seems to be a general apostasy, reminding us
of the Lord's disturbing question about conditions in the world at His second
coming: "Will I find faith when I return?"
the Faith, its authentic expounder, but it is now viewed as a tyrant determined
to curtail freedom of thought and of moral conduct. This explains the variety of
catechisms continually changing the Deposit of Faith, seeking not truth, but the
advancement of interesting, convenient, novel ideas and practices in harmony
with the pagan trends of the times and the prevailing cultural permissive
atmosphere. Moreover, the diverse theologies of liberation reduce the Faith to
being a program for politics and the establishment of a natural, economic Utopia
on earth, denying or downgrading the supernatural mission and destiny of the
Church in the here for the hereafter.
interpreted correctly by the same Magisterium from the days of Christ, the
Apostles, the Fathers of the Church until the present. Without the teaching and
guidance of the Church's Magisterium there would be no Bible today. There
would exist just a series of disconnected manuscripts left for interpretation to
the private reckoning of each person who would decide which were the word of
God and which were not. But left to themselves, as St. Peter testifies, "many
wrest the Scriptures unto their own destruction". Many today, following the
interpretations of the dissenters, the experts, the scientific new exegetes, are
on the road to that same tragic end.
The Cardinal treats of the abuses in the liturgy of the Mass, of the need for the
return of the sense of the sacred, and of a renewed love for Christ in the
Blessed Sacrament. He strongly endorses devotion to Mary through the frequent
recitation of the Rosary. He sees this as one cure for the disease of feminism.
He studies the maladies of religious life and points out the sure spiritual
remedies. He defends private, frequent confession.
only Christ can save His Church and provide for her. Yet each Catholic has the
noble responsibility to work to the best of his or her ability, without excessive
anxiety, indeed with serenity, as an honored yet useless servant to serve in the
cause of God and His Church. Fidelity is their vocation. Success is God's
guarantee." Without Him we can do nothing, but with God all things are
possible.
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